1919 Boston Braves season

1919 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record57–82 (.410)
League place6th
OwnersGeorge W. Grant
ManagersGeorge Stallings
← 1918
1920 →

The 1919 Boston Braves season was the 49th season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 96 44 .686 — 51‍–‍19 45‍–‍25
New York Giants 87 53 .621 9 46‍–‍23 41‍–‍30
Chicago Cubs 75 65 .536 21 40‍–‍31 35‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 68 .511 24½ 39‍–‍31 32‍–‍37
Brooklyn Robins 69 71 .493 27 36‍–‍34 33‍–‍37
Boston Braves 57 82 .410 38½ 29‍–‍38 28‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals 54 83 .394 40½ 34‍–‍35 20‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 47 90 .343 47½ 26‍–‍44 21‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–13 7–13 4–16 6–14 15–5 8–11 10–10–1
Brooklyn 13–7 — 9–11 7–13 8–12 12–8–1 9–11 11–9
Chicago 13–7 11–9 — 8–12 6–14 13–7 11–9 13–7
Cincinnati 16–4 13–7 12–8 — 12–8 15–5 14–6 14–6
New York 14–6 12–8 14–6 8–12 — 14–6 11–9 14–6
Philadelphia 5–15 8–12–1 7–13 5–15 6–14 — 6–14 10–7
Pittsburgh 11–8 11–9 9–11 6–14 9–11 14–6 — 11–9
St. Louis 10–10–1 9–11 7–13 6–14 6–14 7–10 9–11 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1919 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Hank Gowdy 78 219 61 .279 1 22
1B Walter Holke 137 518 151 .292 0 48
2B Buck Herzog 73 275 77 .280 1 25
SS Rabbit Maranville 131 480 128 .267 5 43
3B Tony Boeckel 95 365 91 .249 1 26
OF Joe Riggert 63 240 68 .283 4 17
OF Walton Cruise 73 241 52 .216 1 21
OF Ray Powell 123 470 111 .236 2 33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Rawlings 77 275 70 .255 1 16
Red Smith 87 241 59 .245 1 25
Art Wilson 71 191 49 .257 0 16
Jim Thorpe 60 156 51 .327 1 25
Leslie Mann 40 145 41 .283 3 20
Charlie Pick 34 114 29 .254 1 7
Lena Blackburne 31 80 21 .263 0 4
Joe Kelly 18 64 9 .141 0 3
Dizzy Nutter 18 52 11 .212 0 3
Dixie Carroll 15 49 13 .265 0 7
Walt Tragesser 20 40 7 .175 0 3
Lloyd Christenbury 7 31 9 .290 0 4
Hod Ford 10 28 6 .214 0 3
Mickey O'Neil 11 28 6 .214 0 1
Tom Miller 7 6 2 .333 0 0
Gene Bailey 4 6 2 .333 0 1
Lee King 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Sam White 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Rudolph 37 273.2 13 18 2.17 76
Art Nehf 22 168.2 8 9 3.09 53
Red Causey 10 69.0 4 5 4.57 14
Joe Oeschger 7 56.2 4 2 2.54 16
Pat Ragan 4 12.2 0 2 7.11 3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dana Fillingim 32 186.1 6 13 3.38 50
Ray Keating 22 136.0 7 11 2.98 48
Al Demaree 25 128.0 6 6 3.80 34
Jack Scott 19 103.2 6 6 3.13 44
Hugh McQuillan 16 60.0 2 3 3.45 13
Jake Northrop 11 37.1 1 5 4.58 9
Larry Cheney 8 33.0 0 2 3.55 13

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill James 1 0 0 0 3.38 1

References

  1. ^ Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Walton Cruise page at Baseball Reference


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